1 Wednesday
6:30PM - 8:30PM
FREE

Instructor: Jason Czerwinski

Mail art, also known as postal or correspondence art, is an artistic movement focused on sending small-scale works through the postal service. Mail Art is a way of sharing your art outside of traditional gallery and museum systems. Creators share their works by physically sending their art to each other instead of hanging it for display or sale. It doesn’t become art until you send it!

In honor of National Letter Writing Day on December 7, join BAC’s Jason for this free workshop where you’ll explore the history of Mail Art, the materials you can use, how to format works for delivery, and even prompts to get you started! Also covers mixed-media artmaking techniques including use of collage, paint, pencil, and photocopying to create unique works of postal art. Mail Art is the perfect exercise to easily satisfy your creative needs, and you’ll be joining one of the largest and most welcoming creative communities in the world!

Materials needed:

• Cardstock, cardboard, or postcard blanks

• Glue, mat medium, or other adhesives of your choice

• Markers, pencils, water-based paints of your choice

• Magazines, books, papers, stickers, photographs, and other ephemera or materials to build from

• Postage stamps and the addresses of people to whom you’d like to write

Location: This is an in-person class taking place at the new BAC campus located in Santa Monica at

1625 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica, CA. LINK TO MAP

Transportation and Parking: Centrally located for easy access from all over Los Angeles County, BAC is only a 5-minute walk from the E Line (Expo) Metro Rail station exit off of 17th/SMC. The Center has a small parking lot located right in front of the buildings entrance. If parking is unavailable in the lot there is 2, 3 and 9-hour metered street parking in the area.